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Congresswomen! They hate waiting in line to pee just as badly as you do. The Potty Parity Act (aka the Towns Bill) is currently in discussion in the House and would require federal buildings to have the number of toilets for women exceeding or equal to the number available for men. Sorry, global economic crisis, we've got bigger issues to tackle. One small step for female federal employees, one giant step for womankind. (Washington Post)May 14th 2010 By Emerald Catron
Government Gives Gals More Toilets
Congresswomen! They hate waiting in line to pee just as badly as you do. The Potty Parity Act (aka the Towns Bill) is currently in discussion in the House and would require federal buildings to have the number of toilets for women exceeding or equal to the number available for men. Sorry, global economic crisis, we've got bigger issues to tackle. One small step for female federal employees, one giant step for womankind. (Washington Post)
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Saturday 15 May
By Erik
Are you kidding! Women have always had more toilets/stalls than men. Go in any men's restroom and usually there's only one toilet. Goi n the Ladies and there several johns!
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Saturday 15 May
By Tom
Erik,
Think about your comment, logistics, and common sense.
Many men's restrooms have 2 urinals and 1 toilet.
That equates to 3 toilets in a women's restroom.
I just find it odd that such things need to be legislated.
In the late '80s or early '90s, Austin, TX implemented an ordinace requiring many public buildings (concert halls, sports arenas, etc.) to have twice as many women's toilets as men's (including the men's urinals).
Apparently, too many beer-drinking women were missing out on the show/game while they waited in line for the potty.
On the flip side, there is the female waiting line and subsequent cat fight that were created in a bar because 2 drunken Carolina Panther cheerleaders were getting it on with each other in a stall of the restroom.
I guess you can legislate the number of facilities, but not how they are occupied.
Saturday 15 May
By joe
geez, look at the womens room lines compared to the mens...., are you kidding me?
Saturday 15 May
By Edith Wurster
Come off it Erik. Several men can use one urinal at the same time. Also, they can be lined up against a wall. Women need a stall for their use. Just think about the logistics of women having to undo garments, etc. Even in Europe they have public pissoirs for men only and several can use it at the same time. It is ridiculous that there will be two (three if we're lucky) stalls for women to use and if someone has special needs, sometimes those women can be out of luck. So, Erik the next time you have to go, just line up with the women and see how long it takes.
Saturday 15 May
By kittytwitty58
That's because we sit down to pee, Einstein. Men stand up except for BMs. Also, women take longer. Something with having to actually move clothing to go, not just whipping it out.
Saturday 15 May
By handsome
Equality now, I want couches in mens rooms. Hey ladies, stop going in pairs and they won't be as crowded.
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Saturday 15 May
By Martha Gabriel
OK, that's fine. Couches can be added when men start breast feeding babies.
Saturday 15 May
By Unicorn777
...And you know what? There are more urinals in the men's bathroom and women don't have ANY !!! ....Please people....think of the logistics. In fact, the only reason men have urinals is because they can't aim effectively....So give them a few more toilets. Quit whining....
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Saturday 15 May
By Sal
Just to add some levity to the discussion (and in reference to urinals), here is an old joke:
When God was completing his creation of the Earth, he went to Adam and Eve and said he had 2 items left in his miracle bag, and he would give one to each of them.
The first he pulled out was "The ability to pee standing up."
Adam jumped up and down wildly, exclaiming how much he wanted that.
God gave it to him.
God then reached into his miracle bag and pulled out the last item.
He turned to Eve and presented it to her.
It was "The ability to have multiple orgasms."
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Saturday 15 May
By mh
Beautiful answer !!!!!!!
Saturday 15 May
By Bridgette
Yeah, what is up with the fact that men cannot aim correctly? I live in a house of all men. My husband and three adult sons. I can't believe I have to live with boys that can't aim right!
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Saturday 15 May
By Pete
Maybe your adult sons should find their own toilet seats to raise. As for your husband, divorce him.
Saturday 15 May
By Toni
I am with you Bridgette. I have two men in my house and I am so tired of cleaning up pee from the wall next to the toilet and in the front of the bowl too. In the middle of the nite I go to the bathroom pull down my PJ's and find my PJ's now covered in Pee.
Saturday 15 May
By KG
Please, one time, not too long ago, at concerts, theaters, the woman's lines were always out the door during intermission, but have you been to Yankee Stadium, being as beer is sold in the stands, each floor, the men's room has a line out the door. When I first went there, I thought it may be for buying tickets, or other items, but it was the Men's room bathroom line!
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Saturday 15 May
By KG
Definitely, and without a doubt a waste of our tax payers' dollars. Put a sign on the door! I am sure if push came to shove and a stall was vacant, the female or male would use either or toilets if it were urgent enough!
I know I have many times in restaurants, concerts and theater performances.
It is the politicians that are looking to spend unnecessary tax dollars to appease a few female colleagues perhaps? Women, men and children know a port-a-potty is being used for, and at outdoor park concerts,fairs, etc, lines are mixed with all walks of life as well waiting to use the port-a-potties.
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Saturday 15 May
By mr whirple
Yes, men have many urinals side by side in a row, which adds to the efficacy of getting us in and out fast. Women can have this too, and it's called The Bidet unit: They too can stand in a row, garments down, dribble into the urinal, and utilize the water stream which directs at their dribble-zone for a completely fresh clean-up. But of course , women must unite and demand this sensible approach to an equal way of bathroom treatment. Then maybe the complaining will go away. Without The Bidet , women can't get it done as fast as men; therefore they will always be "in line" forever, and complaining,
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Saturday 15 May
By Krystal
As you are a man, you're running on the assumption that all women have to do is relieve themselves. And I understand that.
I'm sure that as a man you've never dealt with a period. At any given time, about 1/4 of the women between the ages of 13-55 who are using the bathroom are dealing with "personal hygiene" issues. It isn't as simple as pull down your pants, pee, shake a little and get out of there, especially if her "personal hygiene" product has leaked. It's even worse if she was early and had no protection on her at all. Going through peri-menopause or having shorter menstrual cycles or heavy cycles makes the need for quick stall access more important. And it IS a NEED!
You also have the issue of pregnancy and post partum. Pregnant women have to use the facilities much more frequently due to the weight of the baby on her bladder. A pregnant woman CAN'T wait long because the pressure will make her wet herself. The more children she has, or the lower the baby sits, or the more the baby kicks or punches the bladder, the more imperitive it is to find an empty stall. And standing over a "female urinal" would be a balancing act few pregnant women in their third trimester would be able to accomplish (and let's just think for a moment how a women would deal with her mensus while standing). This starts earlier on than men realize. A pregnant woman creates more urine than a non-pregnant woman soon after conception due to human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone created in pregnancy.
Then there's the entire post-partum phase. Four-six straight weeks of "internal cleansing" (I'm trying not to be polite). After child birth, a woman also has decreased ability to "hold it" while the muscles recover and are strengthened. It takes two years for the body to recover from child birth.
All things are not equal. Women don't need more stalls because they "go in pairs". Women need more stalls because of normal, natural, healthy, bodily functions that they have no control over and that men simply do not have to deal with. These issues should be considered, appreciated, and most of all respected by men.
Saturday 15 May
By Grant
I'M GLAD WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE PROBLEMS IN THIS WORLD THEN GETTING MORE TOILETS FOR WOMEN,
BUT IF THEY WOULD STOP GOING IN PAIRS AND TALKING LIKE THEY DO AND STOP PUTTING THE TOILET SEATS UP AND DOWN UP AND DOWN THEY COULD TAKE LESS TIME LIKE ME. MEN DON'T MAKE IT A SOCIAL HOUR WHEN THEY GO, THEY JUST GO.
THIS IS WHY WOMEN SHOULDN'T BE IN POLITICS
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Saturday 15 May
By Mac
Mac, you are an idiot. Unless you have routinely been in women's restrooms, you probably don't actually know what goes on. When two female friends need to pee, why is it wrong for them to go to the restroom together? Especially when they know they'll be standing in line for a while.
And Mr Whirple, if people are already complaining about the costs of more restrooms, why would you think they'd be OK with the bill for bidets?
Nancy, thank you for making sense.
Saturday 15 May
By Nancy
Excuse me, Gentlemen! Have you ever given thought that - while women are holding up a skirt or dress, pulling down their pants and pantihose down to the floor, then basically re-dressing and re-adjusting - all men have to do is unzip, stand there, and zip....
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